EasyJet's earnings were hurt by the rising price of oil, which it failed to adequately hedge itself against--a process of buying its fuel ahead of time at an agreed-upon price.
Since 1999, select art funds, investors and private collectors have attempted to profit from rapidly rising auction totals by promising to purchase a work of art at a mutually agreed-upon price before it hits the block.
The regime would allow countries (or associations of countries such as the EU) to comply with the internationally agreed-upon carbon price by means of their own national cap-and-trade systems.